Sickly sweet or cloying
Do these 2 adjectives can be used to describe a person?
E.g. can I say " that is a sickly sweet person" or that is a cloying person" ?

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Sickly sweet or cloying
Do these 2 adjectives can be used to describe a person? 
E.g. can I say " that is a sickly sweet person" or that is a cloying person" ?

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I wouldn't say a person was either of those words.
But I'd say that of someone's personality.

I found her personality sickly-sweet.
Her personality was cloying.

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Hi Pablo, 
These adjectives are more naturally used to describe behavior, especially speech.  "Her words were cloying."  That sort of thing.

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Thank you so much, Rowena

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Definitely coying. 'Sickly sweet' isn't incorrect, but I would usually expect it more when describing a flavour or other experience. (Incidentally, you probably know this, but the two phrases don't quite mean the same thing)

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